##VIDEO ID:PqjOywvLILI## e e e e e that's right uh can everybody please stand for the flag salute iedge Al in accordance with the open public meetings act adequate notification of this meeting has been posted by advertising in the record and posting notice of this meeting in burrow Hall and the superintendent's office I hereby call to order the public meeting of the littleberry Board of Education Thursday December 19 2024 at 7:05 p.m and I have a roll call please mrsi here Mrs here Mrs gotley here Mr mey here misso here Mr Mr Benelli here Mrs Bradley here and Miss Augustine here be a resolve that the little per board of education approves the minutes of the regular public meeting held on November 21st 2024 do I have a motion Moi yes Mr yes Mr fitro Mr goley yes Mr mey yeso yes Mr B Mr Benelli yes yes Mrs Bradley yes great I'll now open it up to Mr carado to provide a superintendent report all righty all right we have our no Bas Vega stay up read the teachers at sixth grade level had the following things to say about B demonstrates kindness and respect towards PE teachers demonstrates consistent effort in his academics he supports and collaborates effectively with PE and group settings he's willing to help others he sincere respectful young man congratulations we it's the biggest one I could get so I want the family more importantly that that want to go yeah Stand Inside sorry I hear one two thank all right our grade seven November student of the month is Aiden Ralph all right the teachers of grade seven had the following things to say about a he is hardworking student he works well independently has been seen taken a leadership role activities he demonstrated the positive impact of the classroom and school Community he is trustworthy responsible and always com to class with a positive congratulations two all right our grade eight November student of the month is Hillary Ramirez Rodriguez teachers in eth grade had the foll to say about you she demonstrate a strong commitment to learning and set a positive example for others terms and work at it she shows respect for teachers classmates and the school environment she's Dependable responsible and follows all classroom rules for diligence she has a high level of Integrity hand tasks and assignments what start there all right so we are a little out of order here but Leslie this is your last meeting um and we just want to give thank you for everything so first I'm going to a proclamation a little bit little upate that good all right so whereas lese gotle has serve a m again 2022 20124 whereas she has been given unselfishly a for kind and effort serving community and whereas she has served many long and late hours at school board business with special emphasis on the following New Jersey Board Association 2016 2018 as a delegate personel February policy she was 2017 2022 and the chairperson in 2018 and the education committee which isation technology 2017 and 2018 and 2024 and a chairperson 2022 and a part of the transportation committee 2022 whereas he has made contributions to the educational system of willry now now therefore be it resolved on behalf of the citizens of willry Board of Education this Proclamation presented to Lesley with sincere appreciation the recognition of her Public Service commitment to education dedication we you're welcome you're welcome so we know last time you got a plaque so I wanted to change it up a little bit we got you a PL thank you and your plaque right the middle con all right continue our report uh our hip report we have uh uh sorry we have Washington school had zero reports Memorial School had uh two reported HS both of which are unfounded uh at this time I'd like to turn my recort over to focus team for representative report coming right from a basketball game rapidly students fa have been actively participating in many activities throughout the past month during this past week the boys and girls basketball teams K Seasons kicked off last week as they participated in little Fair's annual Holiday Tournament we would like to extend a special congratulations to coach Stewart and the girls basketball team as they reach the tournament fins we look forward to continuing to cheer on our girls and boys basketball teams as regular season gets underway lpta students were able to visit periodically throughout the week to shop for gifts for their friends and family thank you to the lfp organizing this event recently our fif and sixth graders students received a visit from the K and cool kids group from Bergen the Heroes and Cool Kids group is an organization that trains upper level students to build emotional intelligence and to become socially responsible leads in turn these students or the heroes use their training to become positive role models for younger students or the this kid speaking to kids approach produces powerful and positive outcomes that we hope impact decisions in the future we thank the Heroes and Cool Kids group from Beren Tech and we look forward to Future Visos this concludes all updates regarding the students of public happy holiday thank you car great job um and just to conclude my report is want to wish everybody a healthy and happy holiday season and break and happy New Year and to the staff of Staff of a well much needed break we ask that you get some rest recharge the batteries and spend some time with people we love so thank you for everything you do that includes my report great thank you Mr car and I do want to say that uh walking into this board meeting how many uh families were here uh if you've been to any of our board meetings there're they're pretty empty and um I do want to con students of the month because and it is very evident that you have a strong support system and the children are succeeding because of it so congratulations and keep up the great work and we're going to get into kind of the boring stuff so we will absolutely not be offended if you'd like to leave uh you're welcome to stay um but we're giving you the option to let you know we're not offended don't need to hear it tce appreciation we got a long time much happy holiday all right we'll now open it up to Mrs OA for the board secretary report is gonna give his report next month I don't have a I was hoping the females were gonna take charge today all right um so let's open up the committee report U Mrs brol for personnel we didn't have a meeting this month but we did discuss that the administr contracts are still ongoing and we hiring two par professionals which are on this evening's agenda uh Miss Pho for Education there's no updates Mr Benelli for finance we did not Mr mey for policy again we did been a busy month it is uh Mrs Patel for transportation same we did not this great um regarding record is typical not um regarding expansion and uh the building um Wasing or the new middle school I should say um we have no other updates other than we are moving full steam ahead we anticipate going to bid this winter um so we'll let you know once that process is officially underway we are u i just add think the Auditors have been here they are now go over here so just collecting like the lastation information that they need so hoping by January if not the latest of very um all right Mrs SC do you have anything for njsba yes I actually attended the last meeting this month of the njsba the hack County meeting um and there were two speakers there it was a Q&A one of them Le there were two Senator uh two assembly ones one is the head of the education committee which impressed me I forgot to bring the paper with her name and the other one is the that they come to our meeting that's the one for our district and it was very interesting because there was topic of discussion is how do we get more teachers in theity you know they're talking about things like removing the residency requirement is one thing that I remember from the meeting and uh it was interesting and they also gave out certificates for the board members were leaving and that's my report great thank you Mrs do we have any public comment on agenda items only okay uh we'll now take a block vote all right that's okay uh I going to uh read a resolution it's p136 whereas the employee number 225 23765 whose name has been provided to board members is employed by the little faery Board of Education and whereas based upon information provided by the superintendent in the Judgment of the board the employee has exhibited evidence of a deviation from normal physical or mental health which is adversely affecting the employees ability to perform their essential job functions in a professional and conscien conscientious Manner and whereas as a result of the foregoing the board desires to direct the employee to submit a physical and or psychiatric and or psychological examination pursuant to njsa 18a 16-2 njac 6A 32- 6.3 and board policies 3160 and 3161 now therefore be it resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools that pursuing to njsa 18a 16-2 njac 6A 32- 6.3 and board policies 3160 and 3161 the employee is hereby directed to submit to an examination by The District's designated phys and or by such other specialist licensed psychiat psychiatrist psych psychologist or mental institution as may be deemed necessary or advisable with the examinations to include such tests or other assessments as may be required and a written medical report detailing the results of such examinations to be provided confidentially to the board and be a further result that the superintendent of schools is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and provide the employee with the appropriate statutory notice of the board's action reasons therefore and be it further resolved that the employee shall remain on administrative leave with full pay pending completion of these examinations and or further forward action okay I'll now uh do I have a motion okay so now take a block vote for f47 to f49 do 189 to do2 203 p129 to P 136 C15 and c16 do I have a motion motion second secondi yes Mrs Patel yes Mr fitos Mrs got Le yes Mr mey uh yes except I recuse myself on p135 uh Miss vuso yes Mr V Mr Benelli yes and Mr Bradley yes all right we now open it up to public comment on non-agenda items um do I have a motion toot second dismiss everybody